My Car Doesn't Shift?

My Car Doesn't Shift?

Could a system of gears be a sign of the past for the automatic transmission? CVT technology was a new concept a few years ago, but the technology has come a long way over the past decade.  

CVT, it stands for Continuously Variable Transmission, and continuous it is. No gears; no shifting, in-fact the concept has been around for over 500 years.

A Timeline of CVT Innovation

•         1490 - da Vinci sketches a stepless continuously variable transmission
•         1886 - first toroidal CVT patent filed
•         1935 - Adiel Dodge receives U.S. patent for toroidal CVT
•         1939 - fully automatic transmission based on planetary gear system introduced
•         1958 - Daf (of The Netherlands) produces a CVT in a car
•         1989 - Subaru Justy GL is the first U.S.-sold production automobile to offer a CVT
•         2002 - Saturn Vue with a CVT debuts; first Saturn to offer CVT technology
•         2004 - Ford begins offering a CVT
•         2013 - Standard.

Here is a great video showing how CVT technology works. 

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